il Buco al Mare — Restaurant in Town of East Hampton

Il buco al mare

-tomato from a very close farmer’s market Simple yet extremely delicious,honestly the best tomatoes I’ve ever had in my entire life,

-Not just the tomatoes, also the cauliflower is magnificent, perfect Cauliflower, za’tar, labneh + olive oil would be another exercise choice of order Rich and creamy sauce, Perfectly cooked cauliflower will blow your kind

-Yellowfin tuna, dill +lime +olive oil(?) Beautifully plated, decorated, real piece of art Such fine raw yellowfin tuna Soft, tender

-prawns, chili, cilantro +lime sauce with a bit of avocado Perfect combination, Smells great too Squeeze lime, gets better and better

-espresso Is very good too

-eggplant pizza Pizza doe made with different flowers I don’t really enjoy eating pizza crust but this place, I could eat it all day everyday The salty flavor from the anchovies, chewy doe, thinly sliced eggplant, spicy flavor, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, Amazing mixture and taste

In the inner side of the restaurant they have the tall windows, makes the restaurant look even bigger and the nature light and the wooden walls, and the warm temperature lights and the spinning ceiling fan, enhancing the air circulation,

With pretty colorful flower table setting, clean white/gray marble table

Tall tree bushes outside with wooden table and the chairs,

-10year ild balsamic vinegar Bitter, sour, deep flavor Sweet + sour

-chocolate Delicious half sliced pitted cherries +some kind of sauce(?)

Dessert are all highly recommended They are all perfect in their own way thank you to the sous-chef/ chefs/...

The first time we dined here at the end of August 2021, we had a surprisingly good experience. Great dishes and generous amount of food. We loved this place so much that we made it a promise to reserve a table every time we were to be in the Hamptons. Which happened to be today (November 2021). We ordered the same exact dishes we ordered in August, but this time it wasn’t quite the same. To start off, the portions were unarguably smaller, which could have been fine with us if the quality had been unchanged. Sadly, the food was not as great and distinctive as a couple of months ago. The duck was a bit overcooked, and the chicken was less flavorful than before. Don’t get me wrong, it was still good and enjoyable, but not comparable to the quality we had previously experienced, something that didn’t sit quite well with us considering it’s not the cheapest place to dine. We politely shared this feedback with the manager in suit, who seemed to be uninterested to hear what his customers have to say. He almost just shrugged our words away like they were a waste of time. We even showed him the pictures we took of the same exact food in August for comparison, and the only thing he has to say was that probably they were taken a long time ago.And he didn’t even try to compensate in any way to make us feel worthy of nothing less than the best experience. Sorry to say they lost...

business reported my previous review so I am reposting this again If I could give 0 stars I would. We were discriminated against in this place. You will be talked down on, stared at, and the employees themselves will be talking crap about you amongst each other. Was just there this past Saturday 3/29 for my friend's bachelorette weekend. We were all dressed nicely, not rowdy and just out for dinner. The waitress was so condescending. At one point we asked for calamari and she told us "it isn't the calamari that you think." That alone is unnecessary as HOW DO YOU KNOW I DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS CALAMARI? as if that wasn't enough, she stared at us with such disgust the entire time and was talking crap about us to the other employee. We felt very uncomfortable and I made sure to let them know on my way out. Aimee C was our server. The restaurant reached out to me because I posted them on my instagram which has thousands of followers and asked to make it up to us. I replied that we are not interested but by reading another review from 3 weeks ago, I now see this place has a much bigger problem....